London and Washington made Zelensky backtrack on a deal in Istanbul, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov says There is a belief in Moscow that Washington, London, and other Western capitals – not Kiev – are the real decision-makers when it comes to Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov explained on Monday. He said that, on advice…

Moscow believes such a conflict is ‘unacceptable,’ but not impossible, as tensions mount over Ukraine Russia’s starting position is that atomic war should be unacceptable and Moscow successfully persuaded the US and other nuclear powers to agree on that back in January, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov outlined in an interview on Monday. However, he added…

Russian currency strengthens further ahead of record-high tax payments due this week The Russian ruble strengthened against both the euro and the US dollar on Tuesday, trading data from the Moscow Exchange shows.